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having had much response from washington? what efforts are in the works for policy change? you are sending out an agenda. are they just ignore knew his usual? >> i think people understand that the private sector moves faster than the public sector. so we are seeing women start circles all over. a lot of people are asking for raises. i want you all to have raises. on the corporate sector, men like john tamers, he assigned the book is top 200 people and said that i thought it was that it does, we are not so good at this. we are going to get better. stood on a stage and he said the only way to be the best company is to have the best individuals. women are 50% of the population. warren buffett talk all about women this year. i want men and women to invest in women not to be nice but because it is their bottom line. >> we face a global competitiveness with asia and asia continues to discriminate against women. it is pretty clear that you need everyone working together. so this argument favors your arguments for women. >> economic growth, a good% of it has been in the workforce.
having had much response from washington? what efforts are in the works for policy change? you are sending out an agenda. are they just ignore knew his usual? >> i think people understand that the private sector moves faster than the public sector. so we are seeing women start circles all over. a lot of people are asking for raises. i want you all to have raises. on the corporate sector, men like john tamers, he assigned the book is top 200 people and said that i thought it was that it...
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have you had much response from washington? buffers are in the works? does anybody actually listening to you for ignoring you as usual? >> people are listening. the private sector is faster than the public sector. the fact is changed in the book are people and companies and individual women in them. we see women start circles all over. we see a lot of engagement. a lot of people asking for raises. please keep telling everyone. i'm what you ought to have races. men like john chambers. john chambers assigned the book too at the top 400 people and publicly said i thought it was good at this. we are not so good at this. we are going to get better. he stood on a stage and he said the only way to be the best company in the world does have the best pallet pivot men are 50% of the population. lauren buffett talked all about women this year as a competitive advantage. i want men and women running companies to invest in women not to be nice, but because it's the bottom line. >> the other argument in favor as we face the global competitiveness of beja and asia con
have you had much response from washington? buffers are in the works? does anybody actually listening to you for ignoring you as usual? >> people are listening. the private sector is faster than the public sector. the fact is changed in the book are people and companies and individual women in them. we see women start circles all over. we see a lot of engagement. a lot of people asking for raises. please keep telling everyone. i'm what you ought to have races. men like john chambers. john...
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some of you may have read the washington-based institute for science and international security report published on tuesday this week. that predicted that everyone can produce weapons-grade uranium by the middle of 2014 without being detected. in addition, as current events demonstrate, they are in turmoil. turkey has reversed direction and is pursuing is on the stand for policies that are the equal of the text. syria is in the midst of a horrific civil war. we must rely on the egyptian military prudence to avoid a similar outcome in the arab world's greatest state. recent developments of to we shed did not look promising either. the eastern mediterranean is to the stability through recorded history and the mediterranean naval force that once had to carrier battle groups consisted day of a command ship based in italy in three or so surface ships with ballistic missile defenses. in the mediterranean this soft power that the bombing administration favors in fact, is unsupported by the hard power. into the vacuum left by our departure, others are stepping. iran has said the much larger ca
some of you may have read the washington-based institute for science and international security report published on tuesday this week. that predicted that everyone can produce weapons-grade uranium by the middle of 2014 without being detected. in addition, as current events demonstrate, they are in turmoil. turkey has reversed direction and is pursuing is on the stand for policies that are the equal of the text. syria is in the midst of a horrific civil war. we must rely on the egyptian...
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nathan -- [inaudible] of george washington university hospital. so my question is, you know, the central tenet of this plan is choice and competition in health insurance will bring down costs for families. last year i got published in the new england journal in response to dr. antos and saying that there isn't a whole lot of evidence for choice and competition bringing down cost. dr. gruber has shown a lot of choice in inconsistencies among the elderly, they pick plans that don't minimize out of pocket costs, and then dr. mcwilliams of harvard has how long medicare advantage that too many medicare advantage plans just floods people's ability to pick the appropriate plan, and they don't always respond to the generosity of plans. so, you know, how confident are we that choice and competition will improve value in health care? >> actually, so i think the brief answer, one is kind of compared to once. compared to what? it's clear that medicare, which doesn't have a lot of choice, hasn't done a particularly good job of restraining costs. so the questio
nathan -- [inaudible] of george washington university hospital. so my question is, you know, the central tenet of this plan is choice and competition in health insurance will bring down costs for families. last year i got published in the new england journal in response to dr. antos and saying that there isn't a whole lot of evidence for choice and competition bringing down cost. dr. gruber has shown a lot of choice in inconsistencies among the elderly, they pick plans that don't minimize out...
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we talk about the culture of washington. what is the culture of silicon valley? what is their intent? what is their master vision? >> guest: what is silicon valley. google and facebook for me are just like espn, gigantic successful content companies without which the infrastructure guys can't survive. you have to think of this is a powerful negotiation, who gets to beat you up. google and facebook can be got to communications companies. there started in lockstep. so for those companies, they are not going to rob the boat with this particular policy problem of monopoly infrastructure. data once they go get that monopoly because they look to people like monopolies. so that you say silicon valley has google and facebook, they keep the status quo in place. bear lake jaya police who are there particular corners and have their markets. they don't beat each other up. the status quo slot in place with them. so i'm hopeful there's another silicon valley, which is an upstart to smaller companies whose future will be dependent on a lot of information flowing through an addr
we talk about the culture of washington. what is the culture of silicon valley? what is their intent? what is their master vision? >> guest: what is silicon valley. google and facebook for me are just like espn, gigantic successful content companies without which the infrastructure guys can't survive. you have to think of this is a powerful negotiation, who gets to beat you up. google and facebook can be got to communications companies. there started in lockstep. so for those companies,...
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we talk a lot about the culture of washington. what is the culture of silicon valley? what is their intent with this? >> guest: google and facebook for me are just like espn or these gigantic very successful content companies without which the infrastructure guys can't survive. you always have to think of this is a powerful negotiation. who gets to beat who up so google and facebook need each other. they are sorted in lockstep so for those companies they are not going to rock the boat with this particular policy problem of monopolies and infrastructure. they don't want to say go get that monopoly because they look to a lot of people like a monopoly so they don't want to be in that same sentence so if you are saying silicon valley is google and facebook they keep the status quo in place. they're like giant bullies in the schoolyard who are in their particular corners and they have their markets. they don't really beat each other up so the status quo is locked in place with them. i'm hopeful there is another silicon valley which is an upstart, smaller company, companies
we talk a lot about the culture of washington. what is the culture of silicon valley? what is their intent with this? >> guest: google and facebook for me are just like espn or these gigantic very successful content companies without which the infrastructure guys can't survive. you always have to think of this is a powerful negotiation. who gets to beat who up so google and facebook need each other. they are sorted in lockstep so for those companies they are not going to rock the boat...
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we talk about the culture of washington. what is the culture of silicon valley. how does that play into this? what is their intent and their master vision? >> host: google and facebook for me are like espn, these successful content companies without which the infrastructure guys can't survive. you have to see it as a powerful negotiation who gets to pete who up. they can beat up the communications companies. the need each other. they are sort of an lockstep. so for those companies they are not going to rock the boat with this particular policy problem, monopoly infrastructure. they don't want to say go get that monopoly because they don't want to be in that same sentence. so if you are saying sebelius on facebook they keep the status quo in place. they are like the bullies in the schoolyards who are all in their particular corners and the of their markets and they don't really beat each other and so the status quo is locked in place with them to that i am hopeful there is another which is an upstart smaller company whose future will be dependent on a lot of infor
we talk about the culture of washington. what is the culture of silicon valley. how does that play into this? what is their intent and their master vision? >> host: google and facebook for me are like espn, these successful content companies without which the infrastructure guys can't survive. you have to see it as a powerful negotiation who gets to pete who up. they can beat up the communications companies. the need each other. they are sort of an lockstep. so for those companies they...
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bataan's the parent child center here in washington d.c. i am a former chair of the parent policy council in currently sit on the national historic association board. at the center we were able to avoid cutting children this year on it because we won a grant from the d.c. office of state superintendent of education. that occ grant funded an extra head start classroom that we would have to cut due to the sequestered. but this was of 1-time grant, and i have no idea how they will continue to avoid shutting -- cutting children and classroom. just because we were able to not cut children this year, don't think that the cuts were not still felt deeply by the staff. i think this is something that many people who don't go to the center every day don't understand. the staff have been incredible to me and other parents, but you can see the extra stress is on the faces every day. several positions have already been eliminated, and even those staff who still have their job are often doing the work of two, three, or even four different people. these of
bataan's the parent child center here in washington d.c. i am a former chair of the parent policy council in currently sit on the national historic association board. at the center we were able to avoid cutting children this year on it because we won a grant from the d.c. office of state superintendent of education. that occ grant funded an extra head start classroom that we would have to cut due to the sequestered. but this was of 1-time grant, and i have no idea how they will continue to...
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we are far from washington that the treaty is focus on the budget and that is important because we are undergoing the reduction in the defense budget that is as large and as steep as the post of vietnam reduction and the post cold war reduction so it is very large and consequential. i can get to that later. when you started on the right note. the other transition before us is the transition from the first 9/11 decade that is characterized as you said five of two wars in the two particular places of one particular kind namely counterinsurgency. and also the post-9/11 decade of wrestling with the counterterrorism problem. those were the rich getting and the defining deily preoccupations of all of us that have been as much a part of that as anybody. you can't be any other way when you are in the department of defense and you have the troops at war so i spend an enormous amount of my time in afghanistan and well for some time become of the fact that we have some more people at the same time you know and we all know that era is coming to an end, and that we need to turn our mind now and our
we are far from washington that the treaty is focus on the budget and that is important because we are undergoing the reduction in the defense budget that is as large and as steep as the post of vietnam reduction and the post cold war reduction so it is very large and consequential. i can get to that later. when you started on the right note. the other transition before us is the transition from the first 9/11 decade that is characterized as you said five of two wars in the two particular...
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predict the outcome because it is quite obvious there is no simple military act to take and today's washington post includes the formulation, somebody has an op-ed, something like a feel-good strike to make good on our threat that is not going to accomplish something. if we are going to use force it should accomplish something other than demonstrating resolve to demonstrate resolve but i don't know the answer. >> over here, to the back. back row. >> stanley clover along with brad. >> another old guy. >> back to the background of this. the history of the korean war. that is why we are so concerned about north korea doing something really crazy. even kim il sung's didn't attack until the got the approval from china and the soviet union which he discusses stalin's approval of the request to attack. if we are talking about any major north korean use of military force, that would seem to make some assumptions about the russian and chinese positions. it is not just about us, there has to be some implicit assumption about them. can we imagine they would sign off on such an attack the way they did in
predict the outcome because it is quite obvious there is no simple military act to take and today's washington post includes the formulation, somebody has an op-ed, something like a feel-good strike to make good on our threat that is not going to accomplish something. if we are going to use force it should accomplish something other than demonstrating resolve to demonstrate resolve but i don't know the answer. >> over here, to the back. back row. >> stanley clover along with brad....
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"washington journal" is live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. ♪ if we turn away from the needs of others, we align ourselves with those which are bringing about this suffering. >> you thought take advantage of it. obesity in this country is nothing short of a public health crisis. somebody had their own agenda. [inaudible] >> i think a turn at the window on the path to what is going on with american women. >> she becomes the chief confidant in the way only one in the world he can trust. >> many of the people who were first lady were writers. they were writers. journalists, they wrote books. >> they are, in many cases, more interesting as human beings their their husband. if only because they are not first and foremost defined in limited but political ambition. >> it's edith roosevelt white house. >> you are a little breathless and too much looking down and too much fast. i think in every case the first lady is really done whatever been her personality and interest. she later wrote in her memoir she said i myself never made a
"washington journal" is live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. ♪ if we turn away from the needs of others, we align ourselves with those which are bringing about this suffering. >> you thought take advantage of it. obesity in this country is nothing short of a public health crisis. somebody had their own agenda. [inaudible] >> i think a turn at the window on the path to what is going on with american women. >> she becomes the chief confidant in the way...
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we sent the government to washington because we voted for them. and we have a right to know what's happening. and the government does not have a right to know everything we are thinking of doing. and whenever right to privacy, the constitution affords us that right. and here's the tension, and i'm not smart enough, true, to forget sometimes wears is the middle ground, where is the balance. it isn't shifting. it shifts from issue to issue. but on the issue of snowden, i would just say this. i don't see him as a hero. [applause] >> i truly don't. you know, if he had stayed in the united states and said as a matter of conscious i will engage in the civil disobedience, i will submit myself to the law, that's what martin luther king did to awaken white america, and to overcome segregation. he didn't flee to china and russia, martin luther king. he stood here. daniel ellsberg stood his ground in the vietnam papers, 1971. 70. snowden fled, not to the united kingdom, not a candidate them not to mexico. to china and to russia. not exactly, you know, democr
we sent the government to washington because we voted for them. and we have a right to know what's happening. and the government does not have a right to know everything we are thinking of doing. and whenever right to privacy, the constitution affords us that right. and here's the tension, and i'm not smart enough, true, to forget sometimes wears is the middle ground, where is the balance. it isn't shifting. it shifts from issue to issue. but on the issue of snowden, i would just say this. i...
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he spoke a politics and prose in washington, d.c. >> bradley, thank you very much and good evening. i do send abrahams apologies. he was detained in new york and has empowered me to speak on his behalf. most of us went to school at time when we heard the same sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me. tell that to the holocaust museum guard who was murdered by a neo-nazi whose evil violent dilution for kept alive in this online community. tell that to the women who live in fear of being raped because of misogynistic online threats that they see all the time. tell that to the cyber bully kids who stay home from school because they are traumatized by the taunts they receive anonymously online, and tell that to tyler clemente, who was director student who committed suicide because of a tweet that ridiculed him for being gay. that old sticks and stones saying is simply not true. in the world of websites, twitter, youtube and facebook. in fact, in the online world, words and pictures and videos and online games are infecting the globe with a virus of hate that is
he spoke a politics and prose in washington, d.c. >> bradley, thank you very much and good evening. i do send abrahams apologies. he was detained in new york and has empowered me to speak on his behalf. most of us went to school at time when we heard the same sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me. tell that to the holocaust museum guard who was murdered by a neo-nazi whose evil violent dilution for kept alive in this online community. tell that to the women who...
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eastern with another program related to the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. the national alliance of faith and justice is hosting an event looking at youth mentoring. later today we'll have another statement from washington journals spotlight on magazine series. former u.s. senator jim webb recently joined us to talk about an article he wrote about his time in government. watch that at 7:10 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. and booktv is live today as well. it focuses on women and politics. watch that online starting at 7 p.m. eastern at booktv.org. >> an update on syria to associated press reports the u.s. is expected to formally state today whether theory used chemical weapons and an announcement out how president barack obama will respond could follow. defense secretary chuck hagel says u.s. forces are now ready to act on any order my president obama to strike syria. the u.s. navy has four destroys any issue mediterranean sea within range of targets inside syria, and the u.s. also has warplanes in that region. secretary hagel spoke during his visit to asia. br
eastern with another program related to the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. the national alliance of faith and justice is hosting an event looking at youth mentoring. later today we'll have another statement from washington journals spotlight on magazine series. former u.s. senator jim webb recently joined us to talk about an article he wrote about his time in government. watch that at 7:10 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. and booktv is live today as well. it focuses on women and...
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>> $825,000 spent how many newspapers were in washington at the time? >> there were five, and the post was the sixth. and so it has about as replace a 50,000 was in a pretty broken down building. .. >> well, at this time we planned to bring you live coverage of the reserve officers national security symposium. unfortunately, we are having technical issues with our signal from the event this morning, so we will record the program, and we will have it for you later in our schedule. right now, though, a discussion on national security and liberty from the annual aspen security forum. nbc investigator reporter michael his cough moderates a panel that includes jane harmon, former defense department general counsel jay johnson and u.s. attorney and the head of the aclu. from aspen, colorado, this is about an hour, ten minutes. >> with that, the title of this panel as you see is counterterrorism, national security and the rule of law, and i think this one sentence that i drafted, the tension between what the law demands and what the national defense requires i
>> $825,000 spent how many newspapers were in washington at the time? >> there were five, and the post was the sixth. and so it has about as replace a 50,000 was in a pretty broken down building. .. >> well, at this time we planned to bring you live coverage of the reserve officers national security symposium. unfortunately, we are having technical issues with our signal from the event this morning, so we will record the program, and we will have it for you later in our...
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it--it wants revision of this versailles-washington system. it wants to acquire territory and raw materials. it feels that the united states in particular has rolled back japan's gains, and it feels aggrieved, and it's in this context of a rising sense of aggrieved nationalism that the depression comes, the military make their move, hirohito becomes emperor on december 26, and within two years, he's facing the situation of a insubordination in his armed forces, and ii take the story from there, and in s--and in seven chapters i look very closely at how he performs. c-span: today, the united states has 284 million people in it, or thereabouts, japan has about 125 million? >> guest: yes. i--i'm not quite sure, but i would imagine yes. c-span: today's gross national product here in the united states is close to $10 trillion; in japan, it's close to $5 trillion? >> guest: it's the number two economy, still, even after a decade of economic stagnation. c-span: the reason i use those figures, to ask you, back in 1941... >> guest: yes. c-span: ... wha
it--it wants revision of this versailles-washington system. it wants to acquire territory and raw materials. it feels that the united states in particular has rolled back japan's gains, and it feels aggrieved, and it's in this context of a rising sense of aggrieved nationalism that the depression comes, the military make their move, hirohito becomes emperor on december 26, and within two years, he's facing the situation of a insubordination in his armed forces, and ii take the story from there,...
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but washington and politics and the press, all of these things. to come and be a press person. joe had worked for "the new york times" for a decade and he was the premier labor reporter anywhere, and he was really good. and he said that he would sign on, but he had conditions. and i said, okay, joe what are your conditions. and he said, well, first of all, i'm going to be a spokesman, i would like to know what is going on. i don't want to be blindsided. i'm blindsided, that i'm older. and i said, of course, we could do anything you want. and i said, come on, joe. people come down here, they get under pressure, maybe they don't live, but they mislead not the status line. they have to be straight. and we will never have a press conference unless you have some news. and i said well, don't reporters kind of like a smooth and around and they say, look, you don't understand. reporters are guys are trying to make a living in the way you make a living if you get a new story with your name on it and it's on the front page of the paper. you call a news conference and the reporter thinks
but washington and politics and the press, all of these things. to come and be a press person. joe had worked for "the new york times" for a decade and he was the premier labor reporter anywhere, and he was really good. and he said that he would sign on, but he had conditions. and i said, okay, joe what are your conditions. and he said, well, first of all, i'm going to be a spokesman, i would like to know what is going on. i don't want to be blindsided. i'm blindsided, that i'm older....
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that somehow these domestic policies in london, you know, in the house of commons, in washington, d.c., maybe in the u.s. treasury department engineered something called neoliberalism, and then that exported to the world. i was going to write against that argument. so one argument to write against was what happens to development studies. secondly, what happens in the theory of neoliberalism, this idea that once again -- like all good things -- it's born in europe and exported to the rest of the world. [laughter] the third thing -- and that's a pretty mainstream approach, to think like that. the third thing i wanted to write, again, was that somehow rich people had emerged in india, in ghana, in south africa, in brazil, you know? rich people were all around the world and that there were class contradictions in the united states so that the world has become flat. the geography now is simply a flat world whether this is thomas friedman on one side or the world of capitalism on the other, the world is flat, and it's class contradictions that dominate. so there's no real geography of imper
that somehow these domestic policies in london, you know, in the house of commons, in washington, d.c., maybe in the u.s. treasury department engineered something called neoliberalism, and then that exported to the world. i was going to write against that argument. so one argument to write against was what happens to development studies. secondly, what happens in the theory of neoliberalism, this idea that once again -- like all good things -- it's born in europe and exported to the rest of the...
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that your discussions around afghanistan which are available at the national center the archives in washington, d.c.. those are fascinating because there you have the senior leadership. at one point they say they cannot go into afghanistan because their friends would be angry. they recognize it does not exist. but we just can't confront americans and this is not 1979. this is important for us to understand. it would be severely dangerous and i think that needs to be appreciated. one of the ways they were able to succeed is the soviets from this per belfield to produce and articulate any kind of alternative on the scene. that is a big issue that needs to be confronted. and i think that that should not be put down to the condemnation of their own projects but by experience would be greatly weakened. this wouldn't have been a position into the 70's when they would have confronted. after all, she has provided the most colorful speech when he took his shoes off and he was beating the lectern and the general assembly you have to watch this video of this and then of course he comes in and says there
that your discussions around afghanistan which are available at the national center the archives in washington, d.c.. those are fascinating because there you have the senior leadership. at one point they say they cannot go into afghanistan because their friends would be angry. they recognize it does not exist. but we just can't confront americans and this is not 1979. this is important for us to understand. it would be severely dangerous and i think that needs to be appreciated. one of the ways...
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i know there are many lobbies in washington. but let me tell you nothing is an insidious and seductive as the australian lobby. we are dedicated to manipulating influential people inside the beltway to the point where they acquired an interesting cricket and sense of humor and an approach to life. we are very, very dangerous. ladies and gentlemen, books should be written about the australian lobby. i'm also pleased to say that the leader of the lobby is in the audience. thank you very much, reva. in the last couple of years i had a break from my duties at the australian alladi to write this book "rendezvous with destiny" and i wanted to write about this topic for three reasons. the first is i believe that fdr was the greatest statesman of the 20th century. he saved american democracy from the great depression and led the allies to victory over the dictators and he won four consecutive presidential elections and he did all of this with a broken body. he was also a seductive and effervescent figure. churchill said that meeting him
i know there are many lobbies in washington. but let me tell you nothing is an insidious and seductive as the australian lobby. we are dedicated to manipulating influential people inside the beltway to the point where they acquired an interesting cricket and sense of humor and an approach to life. we are very, very dangerous. ladies and gentlemen, books should be written about the australian lobby. i'm also pleased to say that the leader of the lobby is in the audience. thank you very much,...
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since before the 50 years ago where the 1963 march took place on washington. it's important for us to remember that tomorrow is a means to an end. to be a catalyst for whatever our next steps are, it's to be a visual representation, a figurative representation of what should happen not only in the black communities but in communities of color, of underserved community, standing together about issues, for issues, they continued to impact us. we cannot sit idly by while we are chronically under unemployed. we cannot sit around and watch our kids die at the hands of folks that are utilizing and hiding behind stand your ground as a defense. we can't continue to sit idly by while our people can vote in north carolina, texas and states across the country since the supreme court has said section five now has no teeth. there have been more bills introduced that our voter id-based and voter suppression base. we have to be aware be great to be awake agreed to continue the fight, and tomorrow is just the beginning. please do not go home from tomorrow's march, retire from
since before the 50 years ago where the 1963 march took place on washington. it's important for us to remember that tomorrow is a means to an end. to be a catalyst for whatever our next steps are, it's to be a visual representation, a figurative representation of what should happen not only in the black communities but in communities of color, of underserved community, standing together about issues, for issues, they continued to impact us. we cannot sit idly by while we are chronically under...
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wasn't my family that collapsed on the bridge in minnesota or the bridge in washington. it didn't hit home at me with that. with public safety and all the other areas that this affects, but what does happen is i've been working in this town for a long time and there are peers of mine in mid-life, are losing health care, they're losing personal possessions like homes, and they're not going up in life. they're going down, and they're hard-working people, and this -- i do in the this, i believe our brims in -- bridges in this country, civil engineers rated our bridges in the country as a d. do we -- all of us, do we function our life -- is a d okay? it's not okay. we need common ground. we need to get this stuff moving ahead, and there's a lot of people that are affected, and i'm not interested in the wrestling going on in these rooms and the arguments. i'm telling you how it's affecting people like me every single day in our lives, and we need a voice. we need to be heard. it's getting real old, and we need some help and weed in to be heard now, not two years from now. not
wasn't my family that collapsed on the bridge in minnesota or the bridge in washington. it didn't hit home at me with that. with public safety and all the other areas that this affects, but what does happen is i've been working in this town for a long time and there are peers of mine in mid-life, are losing health care, they're losing personal possessions like homes, and they're not going up in life. they're going down, and they're hard-working people, and this -- i do in the this, i believe...
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they have a system for every congressman in washington. every business is either lobbyists or military industrial so what when we think that our country makes money? they go to dubai and the trade, and we have huge problems when the incentive for treatment becomes an influence. if you go to a baker, what is he going to tell you i'm not saying that you shouldn't have chemotherapy, i'm asking everyone here to be a difficult patient. you will know more than the average medical provider. [applause] [applause] >> icy pace patients who develop the symptoms to who died of liver failure confuted spirit if you have acute liver failure, you better pray that you get a transplant. and every single year the medical literature can result in acute liver failure. 1 billion people in the world have asked every single patient about what you think and so what are you taking? the list goes on and on. it's like, i say, how much are you paying for that. i am paying out of pocket every month. and just because it is natural doesn't mean that it is safe. hurricane
they have a system for every congressman in washington. every business is either lobbyists or military industrial so what when we think that our country makes money? they go to dubai and the trade, and we have huge problems when the incentive for treatment becomes an influence. if you go to a baker, what is he going to tell you i'm not saying that you shouldn't have chemotherapy, i'm asking everyone here to be a difficult patient. you will know more than the average medical provider. [applause]...
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they have a system for every congressman in washington. every business is either lobbyists or military industrial so what when we think that our country makes money? they go to dubai and the trade, and we have huge problems when the incentive for treatment becomes an influence. if you go to a baker, what is he going to tell you i'm not saying that you shouldn't have chemotherapy, i'm asking everyone here to be a difficult patient. you will know more than the average medical provider. [applause] [applause] >> icy pace patients who develop the symptoms to who died of liver failure confuted spirit if you have acute liver failure, you better pray that you get a transplant. and every single year the medical literature can result in acute liver failure. 1 billion people in the world have asked every single patient about what you think and so what are you taking? the list goes on and on. it's like, i say, how much are you paying for that. i am paying out of pocket every month. and just because it is natural doesn't mean that it is safe. hurricane
they have a system for every congressman in washington. every business is either lobbyists or military industrial so what when we think that our country makes money? they go to dubai and the trade, and we have huge problems when the incentive for treatment becomes an influence. if you go to a baker, what is he going to tell you i'm not saying that you shouldn't have chemotherapy, i'm asking everyone here to be a difficult patient. you will know more than the average medical provider. [applause]...
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with washington with the federal agency? >> guest: we meet regularly with folks on capitol hill in the house and the senate it is of critical importance. it's through the transportation infrastructure as well as obviously to the international competitiveness. we work with the various federal agencies on the transportation, homeland security, commerce department etc. on issues that relates to trade and public ports. >> host: what are some of the priorities that you are having meetings about with officials in washington? >> guest: the primary issues right now focus a lot on infrastructure. at the port facilities themselves and also connecting to the port facility both landslide as well as into and out of the part facility with connections to the interstate highways and also importantly the navigation channel leading into and out of the ports. there is a federal government channel and it's important that they be both maintain the and and approved to accommodate the larger vessels of the trade. >> host: what does it take inside
with washington with the federal agency? >> guest: we meet regularly with folks on capitol hill in the house and the senate it is of critical importance. it's through the transportation infrastructure as well as obviously to the international competitiveness. we work with the various federal agencies on the transportation, homeland security, commerce department etc. on issues that relates to trade and public ports. >> host: what are some of the priorities that you are having...
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and around washington, d.c. over this past weekend and into the week it's been hosting events commemorating the 50th anniversary of the march on washington for jobs and freedom led by marthe been luther king jr. back in august 28th, 1963. that anniversary is this wednesday, and another gathering is planned, called the let freedom ring ceremony. president obama's expected to speak, and we'll have live coverage on our companion network, c-span, as well as c-span radio. and among the events we're covering today, an event from the w.k. kellogg foundation on race in america. we'll have that entire event for you later in our program's scheduled to, but here's a brief look. >> i think early on mark raised the question, pointed out that the voting rights is a key issue that was on the minds of so many people over the course of this weekend. and we've seen, i guess, the question i would put out there is where do we go next based on this ruling? what is next? ben? >> well, folks right now are, you know, focused on three o
and around washington, d.c. over this past weekend and into the week it's been hosting events commemorating the 50th anniversary of the march on washington for jobs and freedom led by marthe been luther king jr. back in august 28th, 1963. that anniversary is this wednesday, and another gathering is planned, called the let freedom ring ceremony. president obama's expected to speak, and we'll have live coverage on our companion network, c-span, as well as c-span radio. and among the events we're...
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also today in washington, the national park service testified about their firearms management program. the house natural resources and oversight subcommittee told a joint hearing to talk about the concerns of the inspector general. here is a look. >> you gave a nice spin but you didn't answer his question who is ultimately responsible, not what have you done but who is ultimately responsible? >> i am the director of the park service. >> so you are ultimately respsible. at cha does she have in this reaction? >> she is the supervisor and is also responsible. >> there was a 2003 report to was given. 133 were missing and ended up in a pawnshop. a 2008 report showed problems, 2009 report showed problems. all of you were on the job then. what specifically did you do to implement the findings of the 2009 report? >> i was unaware of the report. >> but it came under your watch petraeus too i wasn't the director. what did you do about it? even if it came after the year you took office, what should you have done about it? >> i shall hold my line supervisors accountable to follow -- >> just the l
also today in washington, the national park service testified about their firearms management program. the house natural resources and oversight subcommittee told a joint hearing to talk about the concerns of the inspector general. here is a look. >> you gave a nice spin but you didn't answer his question who is ultimately responsible, not what have you done but who is ultimately responsible? >> i am the director of the park service. >> so you are ultimately respsible. at cha...
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as a look at washington now we don't see people doing that. i believe it's time for new leadership in washington that can bring people together to make changes, to the do the difficult things to help us out progress. >> moderator: thank you very much. and now for next opening statement, congressman rush holt. tragic thanks to the sponsors and to everyone watching. i should level at the beginning by saying i've never run into a burning building or i'm not friends with mark zuckerberg. i have fewer than 1 million twitter followers. i am well known to many teenagers because i'm the guy who took on the jeopardy computer and one. i'm rush holt. i'm a teacher, i'm a scientist, and i'm a dedicated progressive, through and through. i hope new jerseyans know me as someone who is a dedicated hard-working public servant in the u.s. congress. someone who fights for new jerseyans and gets things done. when a new jersey soldier committed suicide and his parents came to me and said, don't let that ever happen again, i got $40 million for mental health and su
as a look at washington now we don't see people doing that. i believe it's time for new leadership in washington that can bring people together to make changes, to the do the difficult things to help us out progress. >> moderator: thank you very much. and now for next opening statement, congressman rush holt. tragic thanks to the sponsors and to everyone watching. i should level at the beginning by saying i've never run into a burning building or i'm not friends with mark zuckerberg. i...
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back live on the mall, you can see a rainy day here in washington. about 80 degrees or so, some rain throughout the afternoon. a couple more highlights coming up in our coverage. we understand an organized ringing of church bells planned for the same time of the day that reverend king delivered his call for equal rights. should be about 3:15 this afternoon. also speakers to come will include linda byrd johnson rob, the daughter of president lyndon johnson who signed the 1964 civil rights act and the 1965 voting rights act. also we'll hear from representative john lewis, the longtime leader in civil rights battles, and president obama scheduled for about 2:45 p.m. eastern. our hive coverage on c-span, and if you miss any of it, we'll do the whole event on a replay tonight at 8:00 eastern again on c-span. >> one of the things i looked at as i was exploring this was i looked at a lot of the county records in which these colleges are. and when you look at the colonial county records, very often you'll have the name of the president or the name of the pro
back live on the mall, you can see a rainy day here in washington. about 80 degrees or so, some rain throughout the afternoon. a couple more highlights coming up in our coverage. we understand an organized ringing of church bells planned for the same time of the day that reverend king delivered his call for equal rights. should be about 3:15 this afternoon. also speakers to come will include linda byrd johnson rob, the daughter of president lyndon johnson who signed the 1964 civil rights act...
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we provided a cro sate sincerity effort in washington. >> how are you interacting with washington. with our officers across the river in alexandria we meet regularly with folks on capitol hill in the house and senate to discuss issues of importance. not only to ports themselves, but to our transportation infrastructure, connecting to our port as well as obviously to the competitive competitor. in addition to that we work with the various federal agency. the department of transportation within homeland security, congress department education on issues that relate to trade and public port. what are some of the top priority you have meetings about with officials in washington. the primarily issue focus a lot on the infrastructure. at the port facility themselves but also importantly connecting to the port facility on the landslide in term of the first mile or last mile in to and out of a port facility. the connections to interstate highways, but also importantly the navigation channel leading in to and out of our port. those are federal government channels, and it's important they be
we provided a cro sate sincerity effort in washington. >> how are you interacting with washington. with our officers across the river in alexandria we meet regularly with folks on capitol hill in the house and senate to discuss issues of importance. not only to ports themselves, but to our transportation infrastructure, connecting to our port as well as obviously to the competitive competitor. in addition to that we work with the various federal agency. the department of transportation...
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meeting in washington, d.c. they will be kicking off three days of their summer meeting. sorry, that's in milwaukee that in the adobe kicking off a meeting in just a few moments. governors meeting from across the country, they're participating in discussions about the economy, infrastructure, health care and cybersecurity from the governor's point of view. this year, the chair of the government association am national governors association as delaware governor jack markell, and the vice chair is oakland governor mary fallin. we will just watch for a minute as the room starts to fill up before their first meeting. [inaudible conversations] again the national governors association kicking off three days of summit meetings in milwaukee in just a few minutes. we will bring you back to the room, but while we wait for it to get under way we want to show you some of the house subcommittee hearing from earlier today. in hearing oversight committee chairman darrell issa asked irs officials about the agency's targeting of
meeting in washington, d.c. they will be kicking off three days of their summer meeting. sorry, that's in milwaukee that in the adobe kicking off a meeting in just a few moments. governors meeting from across the country, they're participating in discussions about the economy, infrastructure, health care and cybersecurity from the governor's point of view. this year, the chair of the government association am national governors association as delaware governor jack markell, and the vice chair...
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. >> hello, my name is jessica cooper burgh and i'm from seattle, washington. you were appointed in 2004 by president george w. bush and he spoke about how the u.s. inspired socialism. i was wondering if you could take a second to talk about the ethical implications of universal health care and what your opinions are on that. >> okay. well, there is no question that we need health care reform in this country. we spend twice as much per capita in this country and yet we have tremendous access problems and there is an enormous amount of waste and efficiency in our system. so that is not going to be corrected by throwing more money out there. it is going to be corrected by doing intelligent things. so for instance if you get an appendectomy in birmingham versus new york city versus detroit, different costs, different ways of collecting, all of which justify the mountains of paper involved in the armies of people that have to be paid out of the health care dollar. that is absolute craziness. when every diagnosis has something that is an icd-9 code. and we have comp
. >> hello, my name is jessica cooper burgh and i'm from seattle, washington. you were appointed in 2004 by president george w. bush and he spoke about how the u.s. inspired socialism. i was wondering if you could take a second to talk about the ethical implications of universal health care and what your opinions are on that. >> okay. well, there is no question that we need health care reform in this country. we spend twice as much per capita in this country and yet we have...
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a lot of republicans in washington are just terrified. they are terrified of the media criticizing them end up being blamed for threatening a shutdown. but let me tell you that on january 1, exchanges kick in and the subsidies kick in. once those are kicked in, it will prove almost impossible to undo obamacare. the administration's plan is very simple. get everyone addicted to the sugar so that obamacare remains a permanent feature of our society i'm going to ask each of you to write this down. don't fund it.com. it will help here in arizona. each of the 2000 people go to don't fund it.com and sign our petition, number two i'm going ask you to do more than that. they say stand for principle. do not vote on obamacare. that is how we win this fight. i cannot win this fight, mike leigh cannot win this fight. no politician can win this fight. only you can win this fight. [cheers] [applause] and white is the matter so much? well, it matters because it is so foundational to opportunity. for a long time i have argued. which is that every princip
a lot of republicans in washington are just terrified. they are terrified of the media criticizing them end up being blamed for threatening a shutdown. but let me tell you that on january 1, exchanges kick in and the subsidies kick in. once those are kicked in, it will prove almost impossible to undo obamacare. the administration's plan is very simple. get everyone addicted to the sugar so that obamacare remains a permanent feature of our society i'm going to ask each of you to write this down....
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at the time of the march in washington she was a teacher in washington, d.c. public school system rather than march with a teachers union she chose to attend as brecksville the african-american red cross volunteer. dr. kelly is a passionate intellectual and national teacher. i have learned so much from her in the past few months. chris hager, ceded to the left of dr. kelly, was born in washington, d.c. in 1944 where his dad had a wartime posting with the navy. his yankee parents moved his family to north carolina when you was a little boy integral primarily in asheville still in what he felt a bit like an anthropologist and a foreign land. the only yankee minister in the town that the congress shall church his family attended reacted to the events of the early civil rights era by networking with black ministers and by the late '50s they formed a mixed race youth group which he was a part of in high school. this time the lesson and working for justice and human equality repelled him to hitchhike into washington from ohio on august 27, 1963, to be here for the m
at the time of the march in washington she was a teacher in washington, d.c. public school system rather than march with a teachers union she chose to attend as brecksville the african-american red cross volunteer. dr. kelly is a passionate intellectual and national teacher. i have learned so much from her in the past few months. chris hager, ceded to the left of dr. kelly, was born in washington, d.c. in 1944 where his dad had a wartime posting with the navy. his yankee parents moved his...
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but there was a washington post or new york times article, i forgot which -- i think it was a washington post -- that showed that for certain specialties the doctor would have had to work over 24 hours a day to equal the number of hours that they had, were charged with. so we've got to get a better handle. and the people who are being disadvantaged under the current system are primary care. and that's what we have to fix. and you're exactly right. if we're going to get the right mix, the right work force mix, then we have to have the right reimburse bement structure. and a lot of that means let's replace the sgr which was not part of the affordable care act. it's a separate issue that we clearly have to deal with. i'm going to ask a question, if i might, jay, and that is -- [inaudible conversations] [laughter] >> those of you that have to sort of figure out in advising people how to enroll in the exchanges, i don't know if you've had a chance yet to take a look at the type of plans that have been approved, the different levels of plans, the seven major companies that are involved, the di
but there was a washington post or new york times article, i forgot which -- i think it was a washington post -- that showed that for certain specialties the doctor would have had to work over 24 hours a day to equal the number of hours that they had, were charged with. so we've got to get a better handle. and the people who are being disadvantaged under the current system are primary care. and that's what we have to fix. and you're exactly right. if we're going to get the right mix, the right...
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so nixon was caught in the maelstrom of all these highly dramatic events, and i accompanied him to washington for that conference. and nixon hosted a different group of people at his head table for each panel discussion, and i was asked to join his head table during zbigniew brzezinksi's panel discussion. and i sat to the right of president nixon, and to the right of me was james schlesinger. and i noticed that there was a camera above us that was trained on brzezinksi, and brzezinksi began his remarks and i noticed some activity out of the left corner of my eye. president nixon had leaned forward, and he took a writing pad off of the table that the hotel had provided, he picked up a pen and i saw him scribbling something. and he passed the note to me, and i looked down and it said, "are you having a good time?" and i immediately turned the pad over because i didn't want the camera to pick up what he had written because he was supposed to be paying attention to what brzezinksi was saying. but to me that really illustrated the kind of person he was, that he was involved in all of these great e
so nixon was caught in the maelstrom of all these highly dramatic events, and i accompanied him to washington for that conference. and nixon hosted a different group of people at his head table for each panel discussion, and i was asked to join his head table during zbigniew brzezinksi's panel discussion. and i sat to the right of president nixon, and to the right of me was james schlesinger. and i noticed that there was a camera above us that was trained on brzezinksi, and brzezinksi began his...
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i didn't know anything about washington and politics and the press and all of that. so i had a good base of knowledge from which to learn about these things. and i was fortunate in persuading a man to come and be depressed person. -- the press person t. he was really good. everybody, he really knew his subject. and he said he would sign on but he had conditions. i said okay, joe, what are your conditions? he said well, first of all, if i'm going to be the spokesman i have to know what's going on. i have to build to walk in, i don't want to be blindsided. if i'm blindsided then i'm over. i said, of course, you go anywhere you want. anybody would be glad to have you there. what else? he said, don't lie. i said come on, joe, i don't lie. he said, you be surprised what happens to people. become tender, they did under pressure, they don't lie but they mislead. misleading is as bad as lying. please got to be straight. i said okay, i'll be straight. what else? he said, never have a press conference unless you have some news. i said, well, don't reporters like you kind of sc
i didn't know anything about washington and politics and the press and all of that. so i had a good base of knowledge from which to learn about these things. and i was fortunate in persuading a man to come and be depressed person. -- the press person t. he was really good. everybody, he really knew his subject. and he said he would sign on but he had conditions. i said okay, joe, what are your conditions? he said well, first of all, if i'm going to be the spokesman i have to know what's going...
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so when i got to washington d.c. i had clear views about what education reform should look like right to allied with the vouchers because the democrats think they are bad because you take the money away from the pork that needed them or let -- the core that need it the most but when i arrived in washington there is a publicly funded voucher program that was about to be reauthorize so they said you are the top education official what do you think? i knew what i thought so i did not want to jump to conclusions so i would meet with the mes throughout the city and how the discussions that i had absolutely change my mind i was meeting with parents mostly low-income single moms and they have done everything you want to a mother to do cover research neighborhood schools and only 10 percent of the kids were on grade level so might child has and the percent chance of failure then they would apply to the outer boundary lottery process to win one of the spots and inevitably they would lose because there were thousands of people
so when i got to washington d.c. i had clear views about what education reform should look like right to allied with the vouchers because the democrats think they are bad because you take the money away from the pork that needed them or let -- the core that need it the most but when i arrived in washington there is a publicly funded voucher program that was about to be reauthorize so they said you are the top education official what do you think? i knew what i thought so i did not want to jump...
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i was in washington preparing. go past memphis and come to washington. you couldn't have stood the -- [inaudible] and shacks and the lip con memorial almost the washington memorial. way beyond the basin we brought a native american and progressive in new york and the native american and blacks from the deep south neighbor even go to jail for act of civil obedience. from the war on poverty and vietnam. you felt the budget of the moral document. so we must -- honor the economic and liberated tradition of in these i can't help but think in new york the research 31 seconds unemployment jobless black males. six is 50% or more. six new yorkers want the six. 50% or more black male jobless. stop and frisk should be stop and employ. stop a car, do you have a job sir? do you have health care, sir? sir, do you have a chance to go to school, sir? do you have a trade skill, sir? not stop and frisk. to the and employ which seem to be. in all of the discussion about -- i watched the so-called liberal argument never bring up -- 50% unemployment poverty is a fact, i thin
i was in washington preparing. go past memphis and come to washington. you couldn't have stood the -- [inaudible] and shacks and the lip con memorial almost the washington memorial. way beyond the basin we brought a native american and progressive in new york and the native american and blacks from the deep south neighbor even go to jail for act of civil obedience. from the war on poverty and vietnam. you felt the budget of the moral document. so we must -- honor the economic and liberated...
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this week martha washington to angelica van buren. "first ladies," weeknights all this month starting tonight at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span. and during tonight's program on martha washington, join in the conversation with historian and author patricia brady at facebook.com/c-span. >> the afl-cio and economic policy institute recently hosted a forum on immigration reform efforts in congress. speakers included republican senator john mccain who was a member of the gang of eight who helped craft the senate's immigration bill as well as democratic congressman javier becerra from california. the hour, ten minute event took place at the afl-cio headquarters in washington d.c. >> good morning, everyone. i would like to invite -- [laughter] good morning, everyone. >> morning! >> i would like to invite everybody to, please, take a deep breath with me. america. we immediate to talk -- we need to talk. and we need to stand, because we believe this is the year, the year that the dreams of my parents will be realized and the dreams of millions who c
this week martha washington to angelica van buren. "first ladies," weeknights all this month starting tonight at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span. and during tonight's program on martha washington, join in the conversation with historian and author patricia brady at facebook.com/c-span. >> the afl-cio and economic policy institute recently hosted a forum on immigration reform efforts in congress. speakers included republican senator john mccain who was a member of the gang of eight who...
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so we are not talking of the debate in washington. we are not talking about comprehensive immigration reform. we're not talking about their use of the term illegal immigrants or unauthorized immigrants but what we have today to talk about is legal immigrants who come to the country and our on visas and decide to make the transition to be citizens. so hold onto the words, legal, legal, legal. what part of lega illegal don'tu understand and aren't we talking about? what i would like to do just before we get started is talk of a bit about how to become citizens, because when you go and focus to finish talk to people about citizenship, what you again and again is why don't they just go down to the post office and pick up the papers? as if citizenship is something that happens like that. it's not something that happens like that. the process to be very, people come on of these can sometimes be, on a long-term visa, a permanent visa. sometimes they come on a short-term visa like a student visa and eventually graduate to a permanent visa or
so we are not talking of the debate in washington. we are not talking about comprehensive immigration reform. we're not talking about their use of the term illegal immigrants or unauthorized immigrants but what we have today to talk about is legal immigrants who come to the country and our on visas and decide to make the transition to be citizens. so hold onto the words, legal, legal, legal. what part of lega illegal don'tu understand and aren't we talking about? what i would like to do just...
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yes, man. >> shelley washington d.c.. i may national finance cochair for the ready for hillary packed. you have presented on one hand some optimistic viewpoints and on the other hand some perhaps not so optimistic ones but if you had a chance to ask the president current or future in terms of moving and making progress in the region what would that be the xp do you want to direct that at one? >> i would like to hear from either one. >> i think a strategy. what we have not done well enough as to be able to articulate how we would like this to come out. i think we have to be there live live -- realistic. we have to be very humble about the changes and the impact we have in the region but i'm not sure we sit down ever and for the american people as well as for people we are dealing with painted picture of how we would like it to come out. then the pieces start to have logic. i think sometimes we execute pieces without that larger picture. >> my quick one-liner is don't give the impression that -- when you do that you are enc
yes, man. >> shelley washington d.c.. i may national finance cochair for the ready for hillary packed. you have presented on one hand some optimistic viewpoints and on the other hand some perhaps not so optimistic ones but if you had a chance to ask the president current or future in terms of moving and making progress in the region what would that be the xp do you want to direct that at one? >> i would like to hear from either one. >> i think a strategy. what we have not done...
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washington, d.c. has been hosting several events commemorating the 50th anniversary of the march on washington for jobs and freedom led by martin luther king, jr. akin 1963. that anniversary is this wednesday and another gathering is bland at the steps of the lincoln memorial. the let freedom ring ceremony will be featuring remarks by president obama. we will have live coverage of approximately 11 a.m. eastern time on our companion network c-span as well as c-span radio. ahead of wednesday's ceremony celebrating the march on washington 50 years ago, the kellogg foundation hosted an event on race in america. we'll show the entire conversation later on the networks, but here's a preview. >> i think mark raised the question, point out the voting rights is a key issue on the minds of so many people. we've seen, i guess the question i would put out is where to go next based on this? what is next? >> the folks -- we focus right now, focus on three or four big things. we've got to get comprehensive immigrati
washington, d.c. has been hosting several events commemorating the 50th anniversary of the march on washington for jobs and freedom led by martin luther king, jr. akin 1963. that anniversary is this wednesday and another gathering is bland at the steps of the lincoln memorial. the let freedom ring ceremony will be featuring remarks by president obama. we will have live coverage of approximately 11 a.m. eastern time on our companion network c-span as well as c-span radio. ahead of wednesday's...
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what influence did he have in washington in congress? >> they would give you a range of not so diplomatic answers to the questions. substantive market that anthony weiner left anin d.c. passed,s legislation he as far as what he accomplished in terms of shaping legislation, people will look back to the role he played in health care debate as emblematic of that. when the push for the affordable care act was at its low point, anthony weiner said, i am not sure we should settle for something that does not have a public option. that kind of said it all. >> let's look at the latest ads from the anthony weiner campaign. >> i am focused on fighting for the middle class. of newut two books ideas, 125 of them, in fact. powerful voices of made it clear they did not want me to win. this is not about what they want. they have had their way for far too long. i will fight for you and your family. >> kate taylor, as you look at that ad, it is reminiscent of bill clinton when he was trying to inch his way back in 1992 following the gennifer flowers story
what influence did he have in washington in congress? >> they would give you a range of not so diplomatic answers to the questions. substantive market that anthony weiner left anin d.c. passed,s legislation he as far as what he accomplished in terms of shaping legislation, people will look back to the role he played in health care debate as emblematic of that. when the push for the affordable care act was at its low point, anthony weiner said, i am not sure we should settle for something...
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washington post, 250 million? >> guest: well, actually, 250 million is a pretty good price for the fact that "the washington post" is losing money. the omaha paper budget losing money, and -- wasn't losing money, and you can't even equate huffington post with a newspaper because huffington post is viewed as being a large and growing digital enterprise. it was valued at something like ten times its revenues on the very same day that the new york times company was valued at about one and a half or two times its revenues. so the price is associated -- the prices associated with newspapers nowadays are all other the map. they have to do the with the passion of somebody to want to own it, they have to do with market fundamentals, they have to do with the characteristics of the business itself. so, you know, "the boston globe" -- which is making a profit -- sold for only $70 million, and "the new york times" company has to hold on to $100 million worth of -- has to pay $100 million or more of pension obligations, so the
washington post, 250 million? >> guest: well, actually, 250 million is a pretty good price for the fact that "the washington post" is losing money. the omaha paper budget losing money, and -- wasn't losing money, and you can't even equate huffington post with a newspaper because huffington post is viewed as being a large and growing digital enterprise. it was valued at something like ten times its revenues on the very same day that the new york times company was valued at about...
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prepares to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. among the speakers was king, the daughter of martin luther king, jr.. this event is a little more than an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> we're about to go live in one minute, one minute. are we live? we're live now! we need to -- can we -- can we -- i know we're enjoying our lunch, but we need everyone -- we're live. we are going to segment two -- hello, shhh! thank you so much. can we give the first segment of women who gave us that lookback, the women leaders, organizers, and attended the 1953 march on washington. segment two, we're about to start, which will be a conversation with present women leaders of the movement. i'm not going to go into that. the moderator can go into that. that's the title. the moderator will not do that. i'm not going to do that, and, but, we have a representative of the obama administration with us, and he's no stranger to the black women's round table, and many of you, in your other organizations, i know, and that is, we have doctor brenda mitchell,
prepares to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. among the speakers was king, the daughter of martin luther king, jr.. this event is a little more than an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> we're about to go live in one minute, one minute. are we live? we're live now! we need to -- can we -- can we -- i know we're enjoying our lunch, but we need everyone -- we're live. we are going to segment two -- hello, shhh! thank you so much. can we give the first segment of...
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and so there's a temptatiotemptatio n in washington and i have succumbed to it myself. sometimes default to the military to meet the most difficult international challenges. it's a big question. do we fight other countries or do we talk to them to resolve our problems? sometimes the use of force can appear faster, clean-air, more efficient, more direct is a way to accomplish a problem. diplomacy by contrast can move at a glacial pace and it requires implementations but remember that patients in virtue patience and restraint, excuse me conquer our virtues. george mitchell i was with him a couple of weeks ago tells a great story that illustrates the importance of patience when you go-round the world and interact with other countries. he was her negotiator for president clinton in northern ireland and he met with a lot of frustration. he said about his experience he said i experienced 700 days of failure in one day of success. the day he was finally able to secure the good friday agreement that brought peace to northern ireland. the 700 days of failure in one day of succes
and so there's a temptatiotemptatio n in washington and i have succumbed to it myself. sometimes default to the military to meet the most difficult international challenges. it's a big question. do we fight other countries or do we talk to them to resolve our problems? sometimes the use of force can appear faster, clean-air, more efficient, more direct is a way to accomplish a problem. diplomacy by contrast can move at a glacial pace and it requires implementations but remember that patients in...
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we need them to engage in washington what we are in washington in these matters but if we do that then i will be a little more optimistic that those initial collars in this program would turn around and say things are getting done. >> host: one that i would forget to the calls. what can you point in terms of success? where's the positive in your view and what is your biggest frustration right now? >> guest: reverse that. so the frustration is what we've been talking about, not being able to get more done. success is the fact we have moved some of the appropriation bills, moved some of those. through the process. i served as you point out on financial services. we moved a whole slew of bills bolster our subcommittee, through the full committee and now off of the floor as well, since and over to the senate. the financial service round to try to provide some sort of certainty if you go to the marketplace, the financial papers in front of you. one of the words i always do when i talk to main street or to wall street is there's not enough certainty in the markets right now. not in a certain
we need them to engage in washington what we are in washington in these matters but if we do that then i will be a little more optimistic that those initial collars in this program would turn around and say things are getting done. >> host: one that i would forget to the calls. what can you point in terms of success? where's the positive in your view and what is your biggest frustration right now? >> guest: reverse that. so the frustration is what we've been talking about, not being...